No one talks enough about the parallels between Kanade and Haruka
Both discovered music as a child, inspired by an older figure, one wanted to spread hope by singing music, while the other wanted to make others smile through creating music
Both of them hurt those they cared about, taking away their ability to be able to sing and create music and blamed themselves for it
While the other overworked themselves because of it to the point of collapsing, One couldn't physically work and stand on stage
One continued, not because she wanted to do it but because she feel the need to do so, One quit but regained hope and wanted to spread that hope to others because she wants to
Haruka gained hope and therefore wants to share it, Kanade lost hope yet wants to give others hope in order to save them
Haruka was founded by Minori, the last one to regain her love for being an idol while Kanade was the one that founded the group, and in doing so stopped them from disappearing, giving them hope for the future
Haruka was able to overcome her guilt of causing someone to loose their ability to do the thing they loved most while Kanade is still feeling guilt and suffers almost every day because of it
Really the parallels between them is making me insane
